Frequently we notice that certain subjects are less complicated to be understood than others, and it easily happens because students have different assimilations. Consequently, one of the reasons for this to happen , is that they are still trying to brake the barrier which doesn't allow them to go further or think straight in English, then, the point is, some of them show to be understood when they are not.
Analyzing this student's mistake, it's very common to see groups that are not homogeneous, and it lead us to be stuck on determinated subjects, and it may cause a frustration for both sides.
It would be awesome if all in a class could learn in synchronization, but it doesn't depend totally on us, and each one has his/her limits. What we should bear in mind, is that we are one of the conductors from our student's progress, and we are on charge of instructing if some "Extra Help" would be necessary.
One of the accessible tools students/teachers use is the internet, which is very useful, but when used wrongly can cause some desagreements. I completely agree to make use of this tool to keep them thinking, researching and improving their comprehension, however, with a little guidance.
Researching about this, I realized that some students' excuses are close to the end, for example when they say that it was not possible to come prepared for the class, or even do a simple homework, because there are some English schools in the market that are providing Extra Content over the internet, through private websites if the information received in class was not enough.
Meanwhile it doesn't make part of all schools' reality, teachers need to find what Extra could be included in a class, or even what strategies could be applied to approach this student into a thinking baseline.
An assistance for it would be the help of visual aids, and why not technological visual aids? As technology has been improving general ways of living and learning, let's try to show that it's possible to match the classroom/home learning process to it, using for us and not like a threat.
Getting ideas from the web, I got one very useful if worked with the correct audience, where the professional can link animation with classroom. It's a software that people who work with animation use, where it's possible to create lessons and illustrate much more what we want to propose our students and who knows strengthen their learning and thinking baseline.
Here goes the link of some simple projects and some explanations about the software, besides having the chance to download a free demo to try by yourself. HAVE FUN
http://www.toonboom.com/edu/?sl=US#
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